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Hosts are given equal access to the wire by being allowed to transmit at specified time intervals. CSMA/CD is the technology that enables hosts to send if the wire is available and to wait a random time to try again if a collision happens.

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Posted by jame_kristopher

CSMA/CA

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Posted by waqqas1

CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance) is the channel which gives equal access to the wire managed in a collision-oriented environment such as Ethernet.

For details:
www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.mac.html

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Posted by sagitraz